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18 WINNETKA TALK February 25, 1928 BUILDING CHARACTER, BUSINESS OF THE HOME Child Study Conference, Attended by North Shore Folk, Dis- cusses Problems The business of the school and the home is to build character, according to experts who spoke before over 2,000 parents daily last week at the Palmer House, when for three days mothers and teachers heard eminent psychologists and educators lecture on the child. The Chicago Association for Child Study and Parent Education sponsored the Mid-West Conference and School for Parents last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which is the second meeting of its kind. Authorities discussed the technique of character development. Dr. Wil- liam Healy, director of the Judge Baker Foundation of Boston, in ad- dressing the opening meeting stressed the fact that character is derived from conflicts and hardships. He pleaded for those children whose parents strive to save them from all unpleasantness Decorations VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV eY VV VV VV VVVVVVVVVVVYVvVYVYVYYYVvYy C. DD MACPHERSON Furnishings Small Tables of interesting designs afford additional com- fort for the deep seat Arm Chair we offered last month. 1522 SHERMAN AVENUE 1570 SHERMAN AVENUE Antiques EVANSTON hs ti A hhh harried ih hid | smart colors are now on display. BEAUTIES EVERY ONE OF THEM! The new Spring woolens in wonderful weaves, new patterns and While the prices range from $35 to $65, the chances are mighty good that you will find just what you have in mind at Our Feature Price $50 Cut, Fitted and Tailored to Your Individual Order Investigate this service when buying your new Spring suit or topcoat! City SALES--FOURTH FLOOR 319 WEST VAN BUREN ST. Price Bldg. and hardships, suggesting the need for every child to wrestle with problems that call into play the whole personal- ity of the child. He emphasized the need for independence and the need to work with others and for others. "If the child can do something for him- self or for others, he will achieve per- sonal and social status to establish his own self respect," he said. Work and responsibility are as indispensable for the development of character as food and exercise to the body. Study from Varied Angles Dr. Mark A. May, Department of Education at Yale university, pointed out that character education derives benefit from a wide range of sciences, those of psychology, psychiatry and sociology. The child is studied in three different angles, one being the physiological method, which includes measuring blood pressure, heart beat and glandular activity. Analyses of the fluids of the body have thrown great light on the emotional life of the individual. The case study method is another approach to the understand- ing of the complete child. The psy- chiatrist who has this in hand searches through his past history, secures mental releases and helps the child break down inhibitions. 'The third angle is that of investigation. Char- acter tests are given, which measure achievement abilities in certain aspects of character. At Yale university, tests are being made along the line of moral knowledge, such as lying, stealing and cheating. Such men as Dewey and Kilpatrick believe that if the individual can forsee and evaluate the con- sequences of his acts, he will be able to determine his own conduct along the right lines. Must Omit Fear Control Prof. Ellsworth Faris of the Depart- ment of Sociology at the University of Chicago, in a roundtable discussion made the statement that psychologists can make a contribution to parents if they are willing to follow the assump- tion that human acts have causes and can be controlled. He said, "There is a time when a child can do nothing because he is unable to assume re- sponsibility. What he does and sees and feels can be controlled by those who handle and manage him. Parents start the thing off, whether it be physi- cal habits, or mental attitudes. Fortu- nately, parents are not the only peo- ple a child knows. Every conscientious parent wishes to give his offspring the attitudes that are nearest his heart. Parents are given precious capital, in this influence over their children." He said children need control, but this control must come from respect, not from fear. It is not the control of a policeman or a jailor, but the control of one who has a friendly interest in the child. On the moot question of what to do with the adolescent, Rabbi Solo- mon Freehof of Chicago spoke of the adolescent as thinking more deeply than the child, who only reacts to outside stimulus. He reacts to the relations of facts of existence, and if led aright his thinking will lead him to a great love for philosophy, for study and beauty. If he does not un- derstand himself, he becomes an ob- jector, a fighter and a doubter. If he can learn to understand himself, he soon arrives at the secret of life, which Rabbi Freehof said was the determina- tion to live each day so that tomorrow is cared for and carried over into the future. His social sense will be awakened so that he will see that the laws of righteousness, goodness and oy} jo aInidniis oy} jo ied dre yng whole universe. Mrs. James Fentress of 1127 Sheri- dan road returned Thursday, Febru- ary 16, from a month spent in the Fast. 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